The provision of resources, support and evangelism are important change factors but rarely sufficient to penetrate the undeclared [but very real] organizational immune system.
Every organization is a complex adaptive system that participates in a dynamic environment, shared with other developing systems, and must routinely evolve to remain relevant in an ever-changing, interconnected and interdependent context.
But do we really know how our organizations adopt new methods, new technologies and new thinking?
Is the process of organizational adoption properly understood and managed?
By virtue of designation, an organization depends upon organized process – be it rudimentary or sophisticated – and with maturity these processes become entrenched against change.
Nevertheless, change happens.
Effective change needs more than just joined-up management and commitment: the foundation of success lies in a proper understanding of the dynamics of organizational adoption, particularly the unwritten forces that drive, or more often impede, the process of organizational change.
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